''Leptuca beebei'', commonly known as Beebe's fiddler crab, is a species of
fiddler crab
The fiddler crab or calling crab can be one of the hundred species of semiterrestrial marine crabs in the family Ocypodidae. These crabs are well known for their extreme sexual dimorphism, where the male crabs have a major claw significantly l ...
native to the Pacific coasts of Central and South America, from
El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...
to northern
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
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Taxonomy
Previously a member of the genus '' Uca'', the species was transferred in 2016 to the genus '' Leptuca'' when ''Leptuca'' was promoted from subgenus to genus level.[
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Description
This is a small crab with an adult carapace
A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tortoises, the unde ...
width of approximately .[
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Habitat
The species can be found on open muddy sand flats in tropical regions.[
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References
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Ocypodoidea
Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean
Taxa named by Jocelyn Crane
Crustaceans described in 1941